PL6... 2 cell charging over 10A?

Another question...
On the balance tab you can choose balance speed, 1x or 16x... more is always better right?
Just wanted to see if you know what that does before I messed with the setting.

Nice thing about these Cellpro chargers, the programming only requires the user to specify cell chemistry type, charging rate and a few other things. You do not have to specify how many cells when charging with the balance function.

The Cellpro charger uses its balance cable to automatically select how many cells are being charged.

Yep, I charged a pack as soon as I updated to make sure I got it right. That worked.

I agree, charges better than my cheap HK charger as would be expected.

FYI, the computer screen for the Cellprocharger allows the user to put in his name and phone number. Your name and phone number then shows up when the Cellpro charger is powered up.

Go to the "Options" tab, and look at the "Visual Settings". Below the "European Comma decimal" are two fields. You can type in your name in the top field, your phone number in the bottom field to the left of the "V3.21" software version of the Cellpro charger.

Yes, I leave it on auto detect cells.
I set up multiple profiles for different packs though. Like before I could get past 10A I had a 6.5 & 7.2 amp charge profile for 1c charges on my two 6500 packs and one 7200 pack and a fast charge profile at 10A.

Now I will set up a 13A and 14.4A profile for 2C charges and a third at 7.2 for when I have excess time between heats and am just looking for a (approximately) 1C charge.

I also have profiles for my tx pack charge and storage that's set for the wanted amp setting for that specific pack. And of course the standard storage profile for the trucks packs set at 7.2 charge and 7.2 discharge. Nice to be able to discharge at a rate higher than 5A also

I will check out the if lost call me mod that you mentioned... very nice!

Not being able to charge higher than 10A was a little annoying, annoying enough for me to start this thread. But the charge time at 10A was not that far off my old HC charger at 20A I guess because of how this balances and can push more juice to the lower cells than most chargers so I have ran it that way from the beginning.
Now that the world is my oyster charging over 10A, this is like a summer fling again

If it's limited to 50W (seems low for a charger of this power?) then you wont be able to quite get 8A on a fully charged 2s battery because doing so would exceed the 50W limit.

BTW.. the 'theoretical' 500Amp battery discharge limit is pie in the sky.. just made up marketing numbers basically. Besides anything else 500A would require huge wire gauge. For instance 10AWG wire is limited to about 120A.

If it's limited to 50W (seems low for a charger of this power?) then you wont be able to quite get 8A on a fully charged 2s battery because doing so would exceed the 50W limit.

BTW.. the 'theoretical' 500Amp battery discharge limit is pie in the sky.. just made up marketing numbers basically. Besides anything else 500A would require huge wire gauge. For instance 10AWG wire is limited to about 120A.

Yeah, figured I would get about 6 amps or so with the low 50w but will set it to max 8 and let it do its thing.

Of course you wouldn't want your power setup to ask for anywhere near the limit of the lipo...about half is a good rule of thumb. My motor probably pulls a little over 180a max draw on a 220A per phase ESC. I run 12g wire and its warm but not hot.

Out of curiosity I will discharge after work and post back with what amperage it gets up to.

Of course you wouldn't want your power setup to ask for anywhere near the limit of the lipo...about half is a good rule of thumb. My motor probably pulls a little over 180a max draw on a 220A per phase ESC. I run 12g wire and its warm but not hot.
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This allows measuring DC currents in two ranges, 0-40 Amps, and 0-400 Amps, simply by clamping the meters jaws around ONE of the battery leads. Also note that most clamp on ammeters are AC only, not useful for our stuff.

I've got one, and take it along to the flying field whenever I go there. Makes it easy to check other members electric setups without needing adapter cables and such. This meter also has the usual resistance, AC and DC voltage, frequency, and even has a thermocouple type digital thermometer.

I would only get a bench reading with no load though. On a plane you have load in the air or on the bench.
Wouldn't be able to drive with that on the truck... not for long at least

Not sure I could get a reading other than with an eagle tree. My power lines go straight from the ESC to the pack and plug in with bullet connectors. A Watts up meter would need to be plugged inline to get a reading.

I did use a meter for my planes when I was flying and they are very useful.

Environmentally friendly, industry first, regenerative discharge capability of up to 1000W. Unlike traditional methods of discharge, which deplete the output battery's energy in the form of heat across a transistor, regenerative discharge takes most of that energy and puts it back into the input battery. In other words, when you discharge your LiPo for storage, you will be re-charging your Lead Acid input battery. The total amount of power that you can achieve is limited only by the amount of current that your input battery can accept, or 1000W, whichever is lower.

Hey guys. High power charging is available on the Powerlab6 using preset #3. No need to connect to the PC or perform any special unlocking.

Also note that the presets specifically tuned for each level of current they provide. Presets 1 and 2 are tuned for 2 amp through 10 amps. High Power presets are tuned for 10 amps through 40 amps. The small balanced and unbalance are tuned for 10ma through 2 amps. Its not a problem using the wrong preset. Its the just the charger will work more efficiently and precisely when using the right preset for the right charging scenario.

For those interested there a high power accurate preset in the library. This lowers the termination current from c/10 to c/20. Not required but some users wanted that preset so FMA obliged.

The only necessary changes to do default settings are increasing the power supply limit (if required) default is 25 amps, and changing the wiring mode from FMA to JST-Xh IF you are using an MPA or parallel board. If you are using FMA boards (other than the MPA and SPA) leave this at the default.

H'mmm
7200 Mah, or 7.2 Amp Hours times 70C is 504 Amps. What size wire is the power leads on that battery?

FYI, #12 wire melts at around 350 Amps.

I've got a bit of experience with these high currents at work. In fact I've got equipment at home to generate 1200 Amps at about 1.5 Volts AC. (It uses 30 pound current transformers with back feeding to get the high current.) We routinely worked with 1000 Amps plus, and our circuit breaker test cells have a maximum available current of 14,000 Amps. That's with a 400 VAC source. It's pulling 225 Amps on the 24.9 Kilovolt input.

We had our transformer division manufacture custom transformers with a 24.9 KV primary for this purpose. And, we had to co-ordinate our test cells with the local electric utility, so we would not trip out their breakers during our routine fault testing.